Man robbed of laptop on Muni bus

A 41-year-old man on a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency bus in the Mission District was attacked and had his laptop stolen by a group of youths Thursday, police said.

The robbery and attack, which sent the man to a hospital, was reported at 3:13 p.m. at 16th and Mission streets by the 16th Street BART station.

The victim suffered injuries not considered life-threatening.

The suspects got off the bus and got away. No arrest had been made as of Friday morning.

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